In the Miami-Dade County tradition of underbidding to get the contract, Bleu Network in Homestead had the winning bid to build the New City Hall in downtown Homestead's Historic District. The background checks have begun, but we figured we could help out by doing our own public records check. It appears the winning bid comes from a company owned by one of the Mayor's neighbors in the Fairways at Keys Gate. Talk about keeping it in the neighborhood if not the family. This winning bid is no surprise. Bid low and submit change orders galore later. Hence how we believe the $50M figure is within the realm of possibilities. You've heard it here first! Excerpt from the South Dade News Leader
According to public records, the city contacted a total of 1,934 vendors to respond to the Request for Proposal (RFP) and a total of five vendors responded.
The five bids received were from:
• Bleu Network in Homestead - $24,819,850 Winning Bid• Munilla Construction Management (MCM) in Miami - $26,209,000 Runner Up
• Manhattan Construction in Naples - $25,883,881 Third Place
• Link Construction in Miami - $25,641,571 Fourth Place
• J. Kokolakis Contracting in Tarpon Springs - $28,280,000 Consolation Prize
After the bids were placed, the evaluation committee, comprised of Julio Brea Director of Public Works; Dennis Maytan Director of Parks and Recreations; Barbara Quiñones Director of Utilities; Elizabeth Mangual Assistant CRA Director; Christi Vizcaino Assistant Director of Finance; Tom Lambert Building
Official and Detective Antonio Aquino of the Homestead Police Department, ranked each company’s bid according to a criteria checklist.
With the recommendation signed, the background evaluations mentioned above have begun.
Read More on link below:
Homestead City Hall Update | South Dade News Leader - The Pulse of the Community
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